Recipe of the week: Scotch beef PGI and spinach gnocchi
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Pick a winner for dinner with this high protein gnocchi dish from Make It Scotch.
Ingredients
400g Scotch Beef steak mince
500g pack potato gnocchi
3 tbsp Scottish rapeseed oil
3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
Pinch sea salt
2 tsp dried oregano
500g passata
1 tbsp clear honey
200g baby spinach
2 ripe medium tomatoes, chopped
Basil leaves to garnish
Method
Bring a saucepan of water to the boil and cook the gnocchi as directed on pack. Drain, rinse well, then leave to air dry.
Meanwhile, heat one tablespoon of oil in a large frying pan until hot. Add the beef, two thirds of the garlic, salt and oregano and stir fry for two minutes until browned all over. Stir in the passata and honey, reduce to a simmer and cook gently, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes until tender and thickened.
Turn off the heat. Stir the spinach leaves into the meat sauce in batches until well mixed, then cover and leave to stand whilst frying the gnocchi.
Heat the remaining oil in a large frying pan until hot. Add the gnocchi and stir fry for five minutes until lightly golden and crisp. Reduce the heat, add the remaining garlic and cook for a further minute.
To serve, stir about a quarter of the gnocchi into the meat sauce and pile into warm serving bowls. Scatter the remaining gnocchi on top and serve sprinkled with chopped tomatoes and a few basil leaves.
- To find more recipes using Scotch Beef, Scotch Lamb and Specially Selected Pork, go to www.makeitscotch.com
